Hinterland Stories

Sharing the memories of Montville, Flaxton, Balmoral and Hunchy.

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Living in Montville – 1951 to 1956

by Bill Thompson Our family came from England in 1947 as ten-pound poms. My father was a dentist and said that his hobbies were sailing...

Lighting up the Range

by Gordon Plowman For decades, residents of the Blackall Range depended on kerosene, candles and carbide for their lighting needs. They...

Len and Val Gorsch – Montville Farmers

The Gorsch Family, of eleven, moved to Western Avenue, Montville from the Lockyer Valley in 1956. Len, the oldest son, came up several...

Land’s End – The Vining Family

A Family who shaped early Montville Edward William (Bill) Vining selected Portion 143 V (Survey Plan M37.1168 – Selection No A. F. 2598)...

Italian POWs in Montville

The Story Continues In February 2018, the Hinterland Times published an article, ‘Rations and Song’, on Italian POWs serving on farms...

Horse-Slide Transport now Historic Epic

From Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld.: 1922 – 1954), Friday 26 November 1954, page 5 By T.H.Brown. In the process of...

Glorious Montville

Brisbane Courier (Qld. 1864 – 1933), Thursday 8 June 1922, page 8 Montville sits on the escarpment SUPERB MOUNTAIN SCENERY PICTURESQUE...

Farming Recollections by Rob Muirhead

Rob Muirhead recalls growing up on his Dad’s Farm I received a rifle for my 12th birthday with the instructions from Dad that “anything I...

Ernest Jones Burnett – an early selector

Nambour Chronicle and North Coast Advertiser (Qld. 1922 – 1954), Friday 29 March 1940, page 1 Buderim Pioneering Days Recalled. THE LATE...

Clive Blair of the Blackall Range

Clive was born on 28 November 1921 in the central west of Queensland, at the Taroom Aboriginal Settlement, a government operated reserve...

Baroon Pocket – Part 4: Before the Dam; 1975 to 1989

By the late 1970s the Pocket had changed. The dairy industry had collapsed and the community had moved on to mixed farming, hobby farming...

Baroon Pocket – Part 3: Before the Dam; 1960 to 1975

When the dam was built across the Obi Obi Creek in 1989 it flooded thousands of years of history. Baroon Pocket was one of only a handful...

1920s Memories

Fruit Display Brisbane RNA Show 1927 Alf Smith’s Home, Montville Map of Montville Families C1920 From the school book Montville Ladies...

A History of Montville Tourism

A talk given to the Montville Chamber of Commerce by Jenny Tatton in July 2018 (slightly adapted) So how did we get from the 1880’s to...

Reminiscences of the Brown Family of Montville (1938-39) by Lucy O’Keefe.

Lucy O’Keefe was appointed as a teacher at the Montville State School in 1938, at the age of 21. In these reminiscences, recorded around...

Recollections of Sam Remington

I am a grandson of Richard Proctor Remington, who was reputedly one of the first white settlers on ‘Razorback’ now Montville. My...

Recollections by Jim Walker

(1986) A year or two after we (Gwen, myself & son Ian) came here (in the early 1950’s) there was quite a lot of discussion at...

Montville Place Names – Mill Hill Road

The Story Behind the Name Mill Hill Road The Jinibara Track People of the Jinibara Nation had a track that gave them access to Baroon...

Montville Place Names – Marshall Road

The Story behind the Name - Marshall Road Alfred Marshall came to the Blackall Range around 1905. He purchased some 608 acres along the...

Montville Place Names - Glover Court

The Story Behind the Name Glover Court Glover Court is off Hillfoot Lane in Mill Hill, the southern end of Montville. It was named after...